Monday, July 11, 2011

IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE...

My readers living in Southern California will have probably heard of THE PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS, a major part of Laguna Beach's annual Festival of the Arts. After my daughter and her husband attended the opening night last week, she immediately called me and said I should include a post about it for my blog, because this year's program, ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, showcased the work of artists "who devoted themselves to conjuring everything from Victorian historical fantasies to illustrations for fairytales beginning 'Once Upon a Time'..." (from their press release, read more below):

Performed each night in the Irvine Bowl by the Pageant orchestra, live music remains a key part of the theatrical magic of this 78-year-old presentation of "art that lives and breathes."

From the mythological legends of ancient Greece to evocations of classic stories of buried treasure, spooky encounters and the simple pleasures of playing dress-up, the 2011 Pageant promises no shortage of fantasy fun for the entire family.

If you've never experienced this spectacle, all I can say is that you have to see it to understand and appreciate it. It is an amazing show of "art come to life", with volunteers from the community placed into a backdrop with props and lighting that recreates a famous work of art. They also recreate famous statues. The website describes it as a "uniquely theatrical celebration of tableaux vivants – "living pictures".

And if that doesn't convince you to go, there is a whole tribute to DRAGONS at the end of the first act. For ticket information, click here. Can't quite picture what I'm describing? Watch this quick video:

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I've been married to my wonderful husband for 33 years. We have 3 grown children - who remember fondly our Family Read Aloud Time. Recently we've added two little grandsons to our family, who already love books. I can usually be found exploring libraries (the big, old ones are my favorites!)

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MY FAVORITE C.S. LEWIS QUOTES...

"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become."

"We can strip the knight of his armor, to reveal that he looks exactly like us, or we can try on the armor ourselves to experience how it feels. Fiction provides the ideal opportunity to try on the armor."

"A book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then." C.S. Lewis